Press Release
Yupro Movable Furniture by Jiaxiang Li and Wiliam Wang Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Jiaxiang Li and Wiliam Wang acknowledged for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Yupro Movable Furniture by Jiaxiang Li and Wiliam Wang, designed for TheFutureLab, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Yupro Movable Furniture
Yupro is a collection of mobile furniture designed for people who move often between cities and places of work. The series includes a table, a bench, a backless seat and a shelf, four basic furniture types found in a household. Pine is the main material, chosen for its natural color and touch. All parts can be taken apart and stored inside a wooden carrying case. At each new location, the components are joined together to form the desired piece. The dining table measures 800 mm in width, 800 mm in length and 730 mm in height.
About Jiaxiang Li and Wiliam Wang
Li Jiaxiang, studying product design at Beijing Institute of Technology,He hope to improve people's lives with design,and let more people accept good design products. He will learn and create for the meaning of life and the future of the world.
Award Record
This recognition makes Jiaxiang Li and Wiliam Wang a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Typical entries include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. The awarded furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/92821
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/92821
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!92821
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/243129
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Yupro Movable Furniture
- Function
- Movable Furniture
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Wheat, Burly Wood, Tan, Dark Slate Gray and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- TheFutureLab
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jiaxiang Li and Wiliam Wang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #92821
Credits
- Team
- Wiliam Wang, Yaxi Liu and Qingyu Hu
- Image Credits
- Photographer Jiaxiang Li,Variety
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Yupro is a collection of mobile furniture designed for urban nomads in search of new forms of freedom, free from conventions, traditional values and geographical constraints. Yupro celebrates the development of this mobile trend by creating a range of reliable products that cater to future mobile populations.The series includes tables, benches, stools and shelves, which are the four basic types of furniture that allow people to freely call the whole world their home.
- Inspiration
- Today, we have more mobility than ever before, spending time in different cities, working in different places and exploring the world through traveling around the world has become very common. Yupro is a series of mobile furniture designed for urban nomads seeking new freedoms, which means that our living style is no longer subject to conventional, traditional values and geographical constraints.
- Research
- Yupro - Living on your road is a speculation on furniture in China 2023. Yupro is a collection of mobile furniture designed for urban nomads who seek new form of freedom: freedom from routine, traditional values, and geographic restraints. Yupro celebrates this growing trend of being mobile by creating a range of portable products that define today’s nomads. The collection includes a table, a bench, a stool and a shelf, four basic typologies in a household which gives people the freedom to call entire world their home.At each use, open a convenient location and splicing the internal components to the cabinet to create the furniture you want.
- Challenge
- Yupro is a speculation about furniture in China in 2023.The most difficult convenience is how to present our simple lifestyle for the future.We wanted the product to be simple and free, and the thought process to be easy, but how to fit the assembled parts easily into the suitcase was also a structural challenge.
- Realization and Technology
- Pine is the main raw material for this series of furniture to ensure its natural color and touch.
- Operation and Interaction
- We think that for the nomads of the future, life will be simpler and less material.All the user needs to do is carry a suitcase that fits him, and the most suitable lifestyle can be easily kept in the suitcase.By stitching together the interior components of the suitcase each time you use it, you can create the furniture you want anytime, anywhere.
- Project Duration and Location
- Beginning in December 2018 at TheFutureLab, ending in May 2018.
- Specifications
- Dining table, width 800 mm x length 800 mm x height 730 mm
- Keywords
- Mobile furniture, wood, convenient, series, freedom
